Table 1.

Target genes

Gene	Gene function	Acquired abiotic stress tolerance by overexpression	Reference
OsDREB1A	Transcription factor	Salt, drought, and cold tolerance	Ito et al. (2006)
DREB1D	Transcription factor	Salt and cold tolerance	Zhang et al. (2009)
OsDREB1F	Transcription factor	Salt, drought, and cold tolerance	Wang et al. (2008)
ZFP252	Zinc finger, C2H2-type domain containing protein	Salt and drought tolerance	Xu et al. (2008)
ZFP182	Zinc finger, C2H2-type domain containing protein	Salt tolerance	Huang et al. (2007)
SNAC1	Transcription factor	Salt and drought tolerance	Hu et al. (2006)
OsNAC6	Transcription factor	Salt and drought tolerance	Nakashima et al. (2007)
ONAC045	Transcription factor	Salt and drought tolerance	Zheng et al. (2009)
OsLEA3-1	Late embryogenesis abundant protein	Drought tolerance	Xiao et al. (2007)
MYBS3	Transcription factor	Cold tolerance	Su et al. (2010)
OsNHX1	Na+/H+ antiporter	Salt tolerance	Fukuda et al. (2004)
OsGS2	Glutamine synthetase	Salt tolerance	Hoshida et al. (2000)
OsCDPK7	Calcium-dependent protein kinase	Salt, drought, and cold tolerance	Saijo et al. (2000)
SalT	Salt-induced protein	No data
wsi18	Late embryogenesis abundant protein	No data
OsWRKY11	Transcription factor	Drought and heat tolerance	Wu et al. (2009)
OsbZIP	Transcription factor	Salt and drought tolerance	Xiang et al. (2008)